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Source: ABC News
By BRENDAN RAND Aug 13, 2019, 3:02 PM ET
News headlines today: Aug. 13, 2019
Public school students in Louisiana will see the motto In God We Trust when they return to class this year.
A bill signed into law by Governor John Bel Edwards in May 2018 will require the states public schools to display the motto in each building it uses and in each school under its jurisdiction by the 2019-2020 school year.
The law, first introduced in March 2018 as Senate Bill 224 by Democratic State Senator Regina Ashford Barrow, said that the way the motto was displayed would be determined by each governing authority but needed to be at least a paper sign.
The law also included a requirement that students be educated about the U.S. flag and patriotic customs by fifth grade, as part of their social studies curriculum. Instruction about In God We Trust would be included with the patriotic customs.
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